The soundtrack to October used to be simple: Walt Disney’s Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House, played on the record player in the big living room in the house in the desert. Over and over.

When I was older, it was still simple: two weeks of the Best of Van Morrison followed by two weeks of Concrete Blonde’s Bloodletting.

Last year, I made an attempt at expanding this soundtrack by creating a playlist on iTunes. It is a mess.

As it stands, it’s still Van Morrison, still Concrete Blonde (inexplicably just half of Bloodletting along with “Jonestown” from Mexican Moon), Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”, like six versions of “Season of the Witch”, and November Rain. Because why not.

Please help me. We have to fix this.

Do not say “Monster Mash.”

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/october/pl.u-AkAmPAkhlZ4Kg